Governor Christine Todd Whitman to keynote Tanner Day at Maxwell
The
Honorable Christine Todd Whitman, former EPA Administrator (2001 – 2003) and former
New Jersey Governor, will deliver the keynote address at Tanner Day at Maxwell, a series of lectures and panel discussions
focused on the “Future of Citizenship and Public Service” in partnership with
the National Academy of Public Administration. The one-day, highly interactive symposium
will bring together thought leaders, practitioners, and academics from across
the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to address some of the big
challenges facing our local, state, national governments and nonprofits.
The event will begin at 8:00 am on Wednesday,
October 4, in Goldstein Auditorium at the Schine Student Center at Syracuse
University. RSVP
(required). The full agenda can be found at www.maxwell.syr.edu/tanner/.
Public
service has been severely challenged by several long-term trends: declining
public trust in government and low public esteem; political polarization,
partisanship and incivility; negative press coverage; and greater direct
political attack on government from different groups and institutions.
Many
observers have described public service as being in a state of crisis. In such
a climate, how can the human capital for governing be secured and enriched? How
can citizens across all sectors sustain and nurture their own commitments to
public service?
Exploring these questions, Tanner Day at Maxwell will begin
with keynote remarks by Governor Whitman, delivered as part of the Tanner
Lecture on Ethics, Citizenship, and Public Responsibility, a public forum for
exploring questions about ethical citizenship in provocative and challenging
ways. The series has been generously
endowed by alumnus W. Lynn Tanner '75 PhD (PA), founder, CEO, and chairman of
TEC Canada. The lecture series is coordinated by the Campbell Public Affairs Institute at
Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Whitman is the president of The Whitman Strategy Group (WSG),
an energy and environmental issues consulting firm. She served as EPA
administrator under former President George W. Bush, promoting common-sense
environmental improvements and championing regulations requiring non-road
diesel engines to reduce sulfur emissions by more than 95 percent. She also led
the agency to establish the first federal program to promote the redevelopment
and reuse of previously contaminated industrial sites, also known as
“brownfields.”
Prior to this, Whitman was elected the 50th governor of New
Jersey in 1994, becoming the first woman to hold the post and serving until
2001. During her tenure as governor, she received bipartisan acclaim for
preserving a record amount of the New Jersey state land as permanent green
space. She is also credited for instituting the most comprehensive beach
monitoring system in the U.S., which earned her recognition from the Natural
Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
Tanner Day at Maxwell is made possible by W. Lynn Tanner, the National
Academy of Public Administration, the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business and
Government Policy at the Maxwell School, and the Campbell Public Affairs
Institute at the Maxwell School.
Please RSVP to ensure your seat at this
event.
Video of the morning, lunch, and afternoon panels will be
streamed live at https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/tanner/ . No
recording of the keynote is permitted, except by members of the news media for
b-roll purposes only and limited to the first three minutes without audio. Press
must register in advance with Jessica Smith, jsmith13@syr.edu or via the RSVP
link provided. 9/15/17